Seven Southern states secede from Union. (Confederacy includes 15 states and territories by 1862.)
23 I met with my quorum in the morning. Brother A Hinkley
Prayed & R. L. Campbell was mouth I attended meeting through the day
in the Tabernacle Bishop Crosby preached in the morning E. D. Woolley in
the afternoon followed by President Young I met in council or prayer
circle in the evening with President Young J. Taylor G. A. Smith E. T. Benson
Lorenzo Snow & W. Woodruff. B Young prayed & G A Smith was mouth
President Young spoke of the stealing in the Territory and named several
men who he believed were ingaged in it
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